Amazing Animals: Primate Quiz

Monkeys, apes and humans make up the primate animal grouping. Here is where
we find our closest genetic relatives that exhibit familiar behaviors,
including cultural practices, tool use and language acquisition. What
separates primates from lower order animals, and what binds us together?
Quit monkeying around and take the primate quiz to find out!

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Question 1 of 10

Which primate is the largest?

humans

gorillas

Gorillas are the largest members of the primate family.

chimpanzees

Question 2 of 10

Which is not classified as great ape?

chimpanzees

orangutans

tarsiers

Great apes include chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans and humans.

Question 3 of 10

What's the major anatomical difference between monkeys and apes?

Apes have opposable thumbs; monkeys do not.

Monkeys have tails; apes do not.

The easiest way to distinguish monkeys from apes is to look for a tail. Most monkey species have tails, but no apes or hominids do.

Apes walk upright; monkeys walk on all fours.

Question 4 of 10

What can't be discovered by examining gorilla nests?

the size of the gorilla population

the whereabouts of poachers

The number of gorilla nests gives an approximation of the population size. Also, researchers can extract hair samples from these nests in order to examine individuals' health.

the gorilla's level of health

Question 5 of 10

What's likely the main reason that hominids took up bipedalism?

to conserve energy

In an experiment, humans used 75 percent less energy walking upright than chimps used walking on all fours. Essentially, walking upright seems to be beneficial because it saves energy.

to hunt

to use tools

Question 6 of 10

Around what percentage of common DNA do humans and chimpanzees share?

75 percent

83 percent

96 percent

Chimpanzees are humans' closest genetic relatives, sharing around 96 percent of the same DNA sequencing.

Question 7 of 10

What did Jane Goodall's famous chimpanzee research reveal?

Chimpanzees can learn human language.

Chimpanzees use tools.

Goodall's work with chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania, documented the apes using tools to complete or simplify tasks like cracking nuts open

Chimpanzees split from humans around 4 million years ago.

Question 8 of 10

Which great ape species is the only one native to Asia?

gorillas

orangutans

Orangutans are the only great apes native to Asia.

chimpanzees

Question 9 of 10

What's the difference between Old World and New World monkeys?

age

geography

Old World monkeys are found in the Eastern Hemisphere, while New World monkeys are found in the Western Hemisphere.

diet

Question 10 of 10

Which country voted to grant great apes some human rights in 2008?

France

Germany

Spain

The Spanish parliament voted in June 2008 to support the tenets of the Great Ape Project. The nonprofit organization lobbies on behalf of great apes (chimps, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans) for their right to life, protection of individual liberty and prohibition of torture.